Major General is the lower rank.
No a Sgt is concerned a non-commissioned member of the army. A sgt is an average rank of a typical solider level, where a general is the highest rank in the army. There are several types of Sgt's in the US army - but never is any Sgt rank higher than a General.
Enlisted Ranks: Airman Basic; Airman; Airman First Class; Senior Airman; Staff Sgt; Technical Sgt; Master Sgt; Senior Master Sgt; Chief Master Sgt Officer Ranks; Second Lt; First Lt; Captain; Major; Lt Colonel; Colonel; Brigadier General; Major General; Lt General; General
Stand Watie became a brigadier general.
US President Lincoln had promoted General Henry Halleck to be the Union's general in chief. His first major decision was in the Summer of 1862 when he ordered General McClellan to retreat from the Peninsula and return with his army to Washington.
General of the Army, General, Lieutenant General, Major General, Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant First Class, Staff Sergeant, Sergeant, Corporal, Private First Class, Private. Is the list missing specialist?
Carol A. Mutter in 1994.
major general
the highest rank is like t infinity. :D i got to t4 then got reset. ranks go in this order; private private first class corporal sergeant staff sergeant sergeant first class master sergeant first sergeant sergeant major command sergeant major sergeant major in chief second lieutenant first lieutenant captain major lieutenant colonel colonel brigadier general major general lieutenant general general general in chief tiers go on infinitely, highest tier achieved so far is t5.
My guess is, Major General Frederic Ellis Davison in 1968, during the Vietnam War.
There has never been a Sergeant Major General.
The first major battle of the civil war was the First Battle of Bull Run with the Union led by Brigadier General Irvin McDowell and the Confederates led by Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard.
Major General John F. Reynolds